Spyderco Smock

I gotta say guys, I got the chance to handle this knife when the shipment came in today and they are really impressive. The action was really nice, fit and finish excellent, and overall design really well done. The lock is my new favorite locking system, the button + compression lock is a fantastic marriage. I didn't put my order in before they sold out, so I am really hoping we receive more, this one is a must buy for me.
 
Danke42 said:
Hi-light.
Customs didn't have lanyard holes and people complained. Put a lanyard hole on the production model and people complained.
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Like Smock, I'm not a fan of lanyard holes and have no use for them. So, the knife would be better IMO w/o one.

On the other hand, I don't agree w/Smock about the clip. I prefer deep carry and the way I grab the knife out of my pocket does not involve compressing the clip. I place my thumb on the scale on the inside of the knife and pull it up and out of my pocket w/o applying any finger pressure on the clip. So, that's not a problem for me.

So, I'd like to get some non-lanyard hole scales and a deep pocket clip but I'm certainly not willing to pay "custom" prices to get that done to my knife.

On the other hand, the one critical (to me) difference between the Spyderco Smock and the SK23 is that the choil on the SK23 is more radiused making it less likely that you'll cut yourself on the leading edge of the choil on the Smock which starts at a much more abrupt angle which makes it easier to catch your finger on the corner.

So, I would like to modify the choil on the Smock to make it more like the SK23 in order to make it safer to but again I'm not willing to pay "custom" maker prices to get that done either. Nor am I crazy enough to take a dremel to it. So, in my case, what you see is what you get.
 
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This is the 1st review of Nick's that I actually watched/listened to all the way thru. Nick should do all of his reviews this way. 10 mins for disassembly and 5 mins for the "review."

Much better organized and far less redundancy/wasted time. The reveal of the 2nd hidden detent was interesting. He doesn't mention any problem w/the choil shape/placement that I consider an issue but he may discuss that in the upcoming 15 min review to follow. We'll see . . .
 
sgt1372 said:
This is the 1st review of Nick's that I actually watched/listened to all the way thru. Nick should do all of his reviews this way. 10 mins for disassembly and 5 mins for the "review."

Much better organized and far less redundancy/wasted time. The reveal of the 2nd hidden detent was interesting. He doesn't mention any problem w/the choil shape/placement that I consider an issue but he may discuss that in the upcoming 15 min review to follow. We'll see . . .
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Derp my bad!
 
Alot of anticipation and hype behind this knife. I see why, the design is appealing.

Inline flipper with easy to use button lock.

Honestly the double detent where you can’t hold the button and swing the knife open killed this one for me abit.
 
Lapedog said:
Honestly the double detent where you can’t hold the button and swing the knife open killed this one for me abit.
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I feel the same...and I ask, "Why?"

So when that double detent was make public, this model <for me> went from pre-order to canceled preorder to may wait for a discounted one to come up on the BF Exchange to meh :confused:
 
PeteyTwoPointOne said:
I feel the same...and I ask, "Why?"

So when that double detent was make public, this model <for me> went from pre-order to canceled preorder to may wait for a discounted one to come up on the BF Exchange to meh :confused:
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The bigger political picture. (Knife politics is ok right?) There is still leftover hysteria about the whole “gravity knife” thing, whatever that is!
 
Lapedog said:
The bigger political picture. (Knife politics is ok right?) There is still leftover hysteria about the whole “gravity knife” thing, whatever that is!
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I assumed it was because the button could be accidentally deployed much more easily than a standard lock
 
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Sevrin said:
I assumed it was because the button could be accidentally deployed much more easily than a standard lock
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Not an issue for most button lock knives. I’m sure they could have just designed it abit better if it really is an issue.

Still I guess we won’t know until people test ‘em out.
 
Lapedog said:
Honestly the double detent where you can’t hold the button and swing the knife open killed this one for me abit.
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You CAN still do this w/the Smock. Just hold down the button and flick it. You just have to time the release properly to lock the blade in place. Same thing applies to all compression lock Spydercos that I own, although they all have a lock tab instead of a button that you have to release to free the blade.

You can also "gravity flick" the Smock open as I can w/most of the other compression lock Sypdercos that I own. Just hold the knife horizontally away from your body and exert a quick motion down/forward and up/back; the knife will drop and rotate up to lock in place. Don't really "need" to do this since the flipper is available to quickly open the blade but it eliminates the step of actually engaging the flipper tab and it "might" be necessary if time is of the essence in a SD situation. Otherwise, it's just another "fun" way to open the knife.

What's interesting to me is that the 2nd detent doesn't prevent opening the knife in this way. In fact, when comparing it w/the Tropen and Amalgam (which I can also"gravity flick" open), I really don't think the 2nd detent makes much (if any) difference in the operation of the knife at all and is probably an unnecessary complexity.
 
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Lapedog said:
I sure hope so. But the blade will no longer free drop open just from holding the button it seems.
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This is true but I'm not sure why you'd want it to do that anyway.

However, if you hold the button in and just give it a light flick, the blade will still drop open. So, it doesn't take much to make the blade drop if that's what you want it to do.
 
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